these are the full youtube playlists of the designer her
name is kate schultz she is fabulous i always use her tutorials but
there are lots of other designers also on youtube who post loom
band tutorials i just prefer this lady

Thank you so much for all of those
helpful links! It's so wonderful that you
found someone who makes videos that are easy to follow.
Many people are very visual with learning, so good teaching videos
are a must!

Oooh, love the Halloween
items!

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yeah i know what you mean melanie and i absolutely love kate's work
it's kate i learnt the 3d figures and the murals from and she makes
her videos so clear and easy to understand not like some other
designers

As I learned many years ago, a good
instructor will make any subject inspiring; a bad one will make it
dry and dull. This is especially true in the art/crafting
field. I've seen many good videos, some bad videos.

You know, I was thinking maybe you should make a
tutorial video! You're so knowledgeable and
so prolific in the area of the band looms, I'm sure you'd have a
lot of extra hints and tips to share!

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that's one thing i would never do is a tutorial i'm not confident
in front of the camera i don't even like a video camera being
pointed in my direction and i'd be so uncomfortable doing a
tutorial and also i'd need kate's permission to use her techniques
in any tutorials i'm not a confident person though i don't like
being videoed or photographed and i've seen some absolutely awful
loom band tutorials from other designers

Of course, you should only do what you're comfortable with
doing. I share your discomfort of
being in front of the camera, then finally decided that if it was
only my hands showing, I would be okay. Still, it's not
entirely comfortable to me, but at least it's possible to do a
video or two in a pinch!

You're right about
videos, and not just in the loom band area. Some people
teach quite well and others don't teach well at all. I
remember trying techniques in knitting and crochet, special
stitches or just something different, and sometimes I couldn't get
it after seeing the videos, because the angle was wrong or the
videos were out of focus.

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Ugh, I know that one.
It's really annoying,
especially if your goal is to make something in particular, and you
just want to get started.

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Did you ultimately learn,
then? Was your grandmom reluctant to teach you, or did
she not have time?

I can relate...my Grandma
never taught me to crochet, either. And she did crochet.
I used to have runners and doilies that, when I complimented her on
them, she picked them off of her furniture and gave them to
me. (My ex was a flaming idiot and "lost" them.
) But she was too far away for
much of my life...she moved to Florida when I was 7 or 8, and after
that our time together was very limited. I had to learn
on my own.

Do you crochet
now, I hope? Did you manage to find better crochet
videos, I hope?

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nope still can't crochet all the videos on youtube i've seen just
confuse me and grandma didn't want to teach me because sadly she
was dying when i first showed an interest in cochet at 6 or 7 years
old and sadly she passed away a year after

I'm planning on doing some informal
crochet videos/lessons, so if you're interested, we'll see what we
can work out.

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Woo hoo, then I want to teach
you! It's easier for me to teach
right-handed people. I once tried to learn left-handed
crochet to teach it to other lefties and couldn't do it.
But it's a breeze for me to teach right-handed people.

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